nokia did say october heres a quote from them "The Nokia N900 will be available in select markets from October 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 500 excluding sales taxes and subsidies. The Nokia N900 will be displayed at Nokia World, Stuttgart, on September 2. More information on Maemo is available at http://maemo.nokia.com" press release here if you wish to read http://www.nokia.com/press/press-rel...newsid=1337594